We know where diabetes can end: amputated limbs, kidney failure, blindness, heart attacks.
But where does it start?
Ancient Egyptians are credited with first identifying diabetes as a disease which caused the body to melt from inside and be excreted in sweet urine until the victim wasted to nothing. The Greeks called it diabetes mellitus (combining the words meaning ‘to go through’ and honey) because ancient doctors diagnosed it through the sweetness of a patient’s ... Read More …

New research is finding out more about the higher rates of gestational diabetes among women with a South Asian heritage, but a far greater concern is the already well-documented diabetes epidemic among Canada’s First Nations.
While about six per cent of women with a genetic link to South Asia will develop diabetes during pregnancy, a stunning eight to 18 per cent of aboriginal women will do so. The rate for Canadians as a whole ... Read More …